<PRE><B>Question 1209578</B>
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Mentally in your mind, &amp;nbsp;make your greater number &amp;nbsp;20 &amp;nbsp;units less.


You will have two equal numbers with the sum of &amp;nbsp;92 - 20 = 72.


Hence, the smaller of the two original numbers is &amp;nbsp;72/2 = 36.


Then the greater of the two original numbers is &amp;nbsp;36 + 20 = 56.


&lt;U&gt;ANSWER&lt;/U&gt;.  &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The numbers are &amp;nbsp;36 &amp;nbsp;and &amp;nbsp;56.


To complete the solution in full, &amp;nbsp;&lt;U&gt;check&lt;/U&gt;  &amp;nbsp;mentally that the difference of the found numbers is &amp;nbsp;20 &amp;nbsp;and the sum is &amp;nbsp;92.


Solved mentally.


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I wrote this post to show you that this simple problem 
can be solved mentally without using equations.


As well as a million of other similar simple problems.



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